The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-05-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May oh, 1887.

w ANHlNtI ION, " u, MAY 'iil- 1900.
The event of the past week was the visit to
Washington of the Queen of the Sandwich
Islands ana kei suite All sorts of ohse1uonsr
attentions We're paid to her majesty at the
Capital Of this great Republic, for although
Kapiolana has the complexion of 4 mulat,o
and the Egyptian cast of feature, She IS roy
al parsonage, and there is only one way To
treat visiting royalty, in This country As well
as in any other.
The Queen first called al the White House,
and her visit was returned by Mrs. Cleveland
AMI iht, ladies of The Cabinet in less than two
hours according Ia the royal etiquette. Then
f,ltowei IA good deal Of sightseeing around
the city under the pilotage of a committee OF
reception, dinner at III; Hawaiian Lega-
ton. review and parade Of troops in the
honor, n reception of mis"ns at her hotel
(king ka!akaua, 1he Queens husband, is
member of the fraernit y a,i=it TO the circn",
another to the races, trip to the tomb OF
Washington on the L. S. Despatch, escorted
by an imposing company of Diplomats and
representatives of our own Government, and
a banquet at The White House.
The conjunction of royalty and democracy
was especially interesting as presented al the
State dinner. The President of nearly sixty
millions of irecmen led out tie Qleen CON
sort, kapioIani. Of little more than sixty
thol sand people, ana sat at one end of his
official board with the du>ky-hued Queen on
l - l,,.I.
panl ing her on his l,tt For once. q! least,
since the beginning Of lis Admins ration,
Mr. Cleveland found himself ianked by two
women who could not talk back 10 him. Meth
er of them had sufficient command # English
for genera conversation. AZ the other end Of
the table. sat Ms. Ct, ve,and and Mini ter
Carter, who represent the little kingdom in
the Pacific ocean 20 this Government. MIS-.
Cleveland laughed gayly as she talked 10 her
escort ard was evidently erjoyng the Presi-
dent. situation while she was concealed from
his view iy large fl ria decoration in the cen
tire oftlle table.
The banquet was most elaborate affair
and in perfection e every detail was thought
ecutive Mansion during Mr.. Clcvtland's occll-
pancy. The State apartments were profusely
decorated with flowers among which the IIa-
waiian colors were prominent, and the East
Room surpassed the occasion of the Presi-
dents wedding, not in number, perhaps but
in the selection OF HE flowers used.
When visiting the Treasury Department
kapiolani was taken down into snbterranean
vaults were The money is kept, and seemed to
take a deep interest N the loads of gold and
silver stored away there. When told how
much money size stood in the midst of, she
was filled with won Ter. She left the Capital
delighted with her visit, and thinking that
this is a great people, and that they have
big navy, and immense dinners, and big tatiy
mines ard handsome Presidents wives.
Bat let it be said Of Hawaiia's Queen that
Notwithstanding the fact that hers is only
title kingdom and that her skin is colored
brown, royalty of the highest degree conld
not have Gepoited itself with more becoming
lady-like grace tnan she exhibited during her
visit to Washington. She showed herself to
be woman of good sense and good manners.
She was unobtr.sive, modest, self poised, dig
nified and even stately. Not speaking English
she was at disadvantage, but she was intel
ligent looking, and apparently quick wtted.
Probably The sillies of all the silly stories
that have been told Of Secretary Lamar was
that one to the effect that would not attend
the State dinner given to rhe Queen of the
Sandwich Islands on account of her color. 1t
seems ridiculous to take time to contradict so
pleposterous report, were it not for the fact
that some people might be just silly enough
to believe it. The Secretary was conf ed to
his house by sickness al the time, and his non
appearance at Tie White House on the above
mentioned occasion was attributable to that
cluse alone.